Google’s big download for game developers: 116 billion downloads, new Play services, and Stadia updates
Google gave a download on its tools for game developers in an online event today, and it was full of news for Google Play,...
Gears Tactics dev Splash Damage is making a Google Stadia exclusive
Google Stadia has had a rough launch, but that isn’t because the cloud-gaming technology doesn’t work. Instead, the service is suffering from a lack...
Google unveils Android Performance Tuner, Android GPU Inspector, and Cloud Firestore for game developers
Google today announced a bunch of new tools for game developers: Google Play Asset Delivery, Android Performance Tuner, Android GPU Inspector, and Cloud Firestore,...
Activision Blizzard names Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and COO
Activision Blizzard has named Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and chief operating officer, effective April 7. He will report to CEO Bobby Kotick...
Google Stadia gets one-year exclusive on Modus Games’ Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Google Stadia is getting a boost today as indie publisher Modus Games announced it will bring several titles to Google’s cloud gaming service this...
Panzer Dragoon Remake flies to Stadia as Google reveals new games
Google hasn’t had a lot to say about its cloud-streaming game service Stadia recently. But it broke that silence today by announcing a batch...
Liftoff: 2020 may be the year Android app revenue eclipses iOS
2020 is the year Android could generate more app revenue than iOS, according to a report by mobile app marketer Liftoff. Effective mobile advertising...
Singular: TikTok is a rising star in top ad networks for acquiring mobile users
A survey of the top mobile ad networks found that TikTok is a rising star in mobile user acquisition, according to measurement company Singular‘s 2020...
Microsoft’s Game Stack chief: The next generation of games and game development
James Gwertzman started PlayFab to provide cloud-based tools and services for game developers, offloading the server infrastructure grunt work so developers could focus on...
Activision Blizzard brings Overwatch, Call of Duty esports exclusively to YouTube
Activision Blizzard and Google are getting into a far-reaching partnership that covers multiple facets of the publisher’s gaming business. Google Cloud will act as...